Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Colline Saluzzesi

Appellation

Colline Saluzzesi is an appellation in Italy across 13 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2004-04-14
Area: 40,862 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 36.9 × 26.22 km
Centre: 44.5945° N, 7.4680° E
Grapes: Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina
Other grapes: Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'
Max yield: 70 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town: 6.1 km south-west of Saluzzo
Nearest city: 24 km north of Cuneo 55,980 people
To the sea: 89 km
Rivers nearby: Po (5.9 km) · Varaita (7.2 km)
Same latitude: Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 252–1,893 m
Mean elevation: 542 m

Measured over the whole outline on 138,949 elevation cells of about 54 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.